Multimedia Proposal

Summary

The class will select six issues from the presentations and work in groups of four to produce multimedia proposals that offer a solution to the identified problem. The proposal will be cross-platform and address multiple audiences. First, the proposal should be directed to whomever is positioned to take the recommended action. For an on-campus problem that would probably be some university office. Second, the proposal should also reach out to a larger audience of individuals affected by this problem. On campus that might mean other students (and maybe UB employees too). In the community that might mean residents of a particular part of a town or city or a larger population.

As such, the proposal will include a web component that might address the larger audience (and include a variety of media) and a text/pdf document that would constitute a formal proposal to those who can take action.

Requirements

Both components need to include the following information but would do so in different ways:

a description of the problem

primary and secondary research as applicable (to provide evidence about the problem and support the proposed solution)

a description of the solution

a process for how the solution might be deployed

consideration of the costs (in labor and dollars) of the proposed action

The website might also include means by which community members can get involved and stay informed (e.g. a Facebook group page or Twitter account).

Evaluation

Criteria will be established by the class.

Latest Publications

“Digital Humanities Now and the Possibilities of a Speculative Digital Rhetoric” Rhetoric and the Digital Humanities edited by Jim Ridolfo and William Hart-Davidson. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015, 15-20.